Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
April 7, 2004
Submitted
April 13, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48489
Aircraft time
42,461 hours, 8,640 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
8550
Part serial
1457
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, N
Precautionary procedure
F

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AT 200 FT AGL ON LANDING GOT CABIN SMOKE LEVEL 3 ALERT, WENT OUT SHORTLY. ALERT ON DURING LANDING ROLL THEN WENT OUT. EMERGENCY DECLARED. ON TAXI, CABIN SMOKE LEVEL 3 ALERT, STEADY. APU RUNNING, ENGINE SHUTDOWN. F/O WENT BACK TO OPEN DOOR, SMELLED SMOKE. EMERGENCY EVACUATION DECLARED. APU FIRE HANDLE PULLED. AGENT WAS DISCHARGED. EXITED BY L-1 ENTRY DOOR SLIDE. R&R CARGO COMPT AFT CARGO DET 5 PER MM 26-14-01-4, DUE FAIL ON TEST & SENT MESSAGE ALERT. R&R NR 2 FIREX ENG/APU CONTAINER PER MM 26-21-01-4. R&R MSC PER MD-11 MM 31-42-01-4 & OPS TEST PER MD-11 MM 31-42-01-5 FOR PRECAUTIONARY PURPOSE. R&R NR 1, 2 & 3 WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER PER MD-11 AMM 21-54-05-2.

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